1865, GREAT BRITAIN : ROBINSON CRUSOE and FRIDAY, engraving by the british artist Alexander Frank Lydon (A. F. Lydon, 1836 - 1917) for the 1865 edition of Robinson Crusoe book, pubblished by Groombridge and Sons. The british writer, journalist, and spy DANIEL DE FOE (or DEFOE, 1660 London - 1731), gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe.